80th anniversary of “D-Day”
Prince William meets 25 heads of state
Prince William and Joe Biden attend a D-Day commemoration ceremony in France on June 6.
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King Charles will travel to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, but William will attend the main event alone.
Also this week: Buckingham Palace recently announced that the Prince of Wales will be attending the international commemoration of the 80th anniversary of “D-Day” in Normandy as the Crown’s representative. On June 6, 1944, which became known as “D-Day,” the landing of Allied troops in Normandy began during the Second World War. The day marks one of the most significant turning points in the Second World War.
William will attend the main event for the 80th anniversary on behalf of his father. According to media reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (46), US President Joe Biden (81), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (52) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (65) will also be coming to France at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron (46).
These are the Royals’ dates for “D-Day”
The multi-day event marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day begins on June 5. King Charles and Queen Camilla (76) will attend a national memorial event in Portsmouth, England, together with William. A British ceremony at the military cemetery in Bayeux will meanwhile be attended by D-Day veterans and their families. Princess Anne (73) and her husband Tim Laurence (69) are also expected to attend.
King Charles and Queen Camilla will be at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France, on the morning of June 6. It is Charles’ first trip abroad since he announced his cancer diagnosis in February.
Canada will also hold a ceremony on the morning of June 6 at the Juno Beach Center in Courseulles-sur-Mer, attended by Prince William, while Joe Biden will lead a US ceremony in the presence of D-Day veterans.
William meets Biden and European royals
At lunchtime there is in the presence of Prince Williama large international memorial event with over 25 heads of state and government will take place on Omaha Beach near Saint Laurent sur Mer, who will then meet for talks in the city of Caen in the afternoon.
Prince William will not only meet Macron, Scholz and Biden at the memorial service in France. According to media reports King Frederik of Denmark (56), Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (50), King Willem-Alexander (57) and Queen Máxima (53) of the Netherlands as well as King Philippe (64) and Queen Mathilde (51) of Belgium are also expected.